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Mason Williams in ‘Stand still like the hummingbird,’ at David Zwirner

by Merrily Kerrin Don't Misson Posted on July 27, 2012
Mason Williams, Bus Book, 1967, silkscreen on paper.
Mason Williams, Bus Book, 1967, silkscreen on paper.

‘Stand still like the hummingbird’ at David Zwirner is a group show as full of contradictions as it sounds, from Rodney Graham’s upside down oak tree photos to Robert Gober’s bronze slab painted to look exactly like a block of dirty Styrofoam.  Musician and comedy writer Mason William’s 1967 life-size silkscreen of a Greyhound bus is a standout for its size alone, but the warning on the side of its box (displayed on a pedestal in front of the print) to avoid opening the artwork in the wind creates an amusing mental image with even more impact. (Through August 3rd).

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